Fly-fish
Fly″–fish, v. i. To angle, using flies for bait. Walton.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Flyaway
Fly″a‐way′ (?), a. Disposed to fly away; flighty; unrestrained; light and free; — used of both persons and things. — n. A flyaway person or thing. “Truth is such a flyaway.” Eme...
Flyaway grass
Flyaway grass. (Bot.) The hair grass (Agrostis scabra). So called from its light panicle, which is blown to great distances by the wind.
Flybane
Fly″bane′ (?), n.(Bot.) A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric.
Flyblow
Fly″blow′ (?), v. t. To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows. Bp. Srillingfleet.
Flyblow (2)
Fly″blow′, n.(Zoöl.) One of the eggs or young larvæ deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly.
Flyblown
Fly″blown′ (?), a. Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.Wherever flyblown reputations were assembled. Thackeray.
Flyboat
Fly″boat′ (?), n. [Fly + boat: cf. D. vlieboot.] 1. (Naut.) A large Dutch coasting vessel.Captain George Weymouth made a voyage of discovery to the northwest with two flyboats. ...
Flycatcher
Fly″catch′er (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing.☞ The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and belong ...
Flyer
Fly″er (?), n. [See Flier.] 1. One that uses wings.2. The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.3. Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an adver...
Flyfish
Fly″fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A California scorpænoid fish (Sebastichthys rhodochloris), having brilliant colors.
Flying
Fly″ing (?), a. [From Fly, v. i.] Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or rapidly; intended for rapid movement.Flying army(Mil.) a body of cavalry and infan...
Flying boat
Flying boat. A compact form of hydro-aëroplane having one central body, or hull.
Flying fish
Fly″ing fish′ (?). (Zoöl.) A fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly a considerable distance by means of its large and long pectoral fins. These fishes belong to seve...
Flying squirrel
Fly″ing squir″rel (? or?). (Zoöl.) One of a group of squirrels, of the genera Pteromus and Sciuropterus, having parachute-like folds of skin extending from the fore to the hind ...
Flyman
Fly″man (?), n.; pl.Flymen (–men). The driver of a fly, or light public carriage.
Flysch
Flysch (flēsh), n. [A Swiss word, fr. G. fliessen to flow, melt.] (Geol.) A name given to the series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alp...
Flyspeck
Fly″speck (fl?'sp?k), n. A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot.
Flyspeck (2)
Fly″speck (?), v. t. To soil with flyspecks.
Flytrap
Fly″trap (?), n. 1. A trap for catching flies. 2. (Bot.) A plant (Dionæa muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold t...
Fnese
Fnese (?), v. i. [AS. fn�san, gefn�san.] To breathe heavily; to snort. Chaucer.
Fo
Fo (?), n. The Chinese name of Buddha.
Fo'gey
Fo'gey (?), n. See Fogy.
Foal
Foal (fōl), n. [OE. fole, AS. fola; akin to OHG. folo, G. fohlen, Goth. fula, Icel. foli, Sw. fåle, Gr. πω̑λοσ, L. pullus a young animal. Cf. Filly, Poultry, Pullet.] (Zoö.) The...
Foal (2)
Foal, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Foaled (fōld); p. pr. & vb. n.Foaling.] To bring forth (a colt); — said of a mare or a she ass.
Foal (3)
Foal, v. i. To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind.
Foalfoot
Foal″foot′ (–fo͝ot′), n.(Bot.) See Coltsfoot.